RSF-Blamed Drone Strikes Kill Up to 23 in El-Obeid
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Jun 11
RSF-Blamed Drone Strikes Kill Up to 23 in El-Obeid
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Jun 11
Summary
Up to 23 people were killed and 19 wounded in overnight drone strikes across el-Obeid, with attacks hitting residential areas, a funeral gathering and a food truck, according to officials and the Emergency Lawyers group.
Emergency Lawyers blamed the Rapid Support Forces, though the RSF did not immediately claim responsibility and the allegation could not be independently verified.
The strikes extend a recent drone campaign in Sudan: less than a week earlier, an attack on Abu Zaeima market killed at least 11 people, and the UN says 880 civilians died in drone strikes nationwide from January to April.
El-Obeid has been partially encircled for months as fighting intensifies in Kordofan, a strategic corridor between RSF-held Darfur and army-controlled eastern Sudan in a war that has displaced nearly 13 million people.
With foreign drones fueling Sudan's war, are international arms suppliers complicit in the systematic targeting of civilians?
As genocide warnings escalate in Sudan, why has the world's response been so ineffective?
Sudan's devastating war is funded by gold. Could targeting this illicit trade be the only real path to peace?
Sudan’s Drone War Escalates: 150,000 Dead, 12 Million Displaced, and a Humanitarian Catastrophe Unfolds (2023–2026)
Overview
In June 2026, the city of El-Obeid was hit by a series of drone strikes, sharply escalating the humanitarian crisis and putting civilians at immediate risk. These attacks, part of a broader pattern of drone warfare across Sudan that killed at least 880 civilians in just four months, drew strong condemnation from the National Umma Party, which labeled them as war crimes and called for an immediate halt to attacks on residential areas and vital infrastructure. The growing alarm among political groups and communities highlights the severe and indiscriminate impact of drone warfare on civilian lives and property.